Communications and Engagement Coordinator (we have office locations in Cambridge, Leeds and London)

Want to play a key role at Genomics England in sharing amazing work that genuinely changes lives and positively impacts healthcare for real people As our Communications and Engagement Coordinator youll be the glue for our busy high-performing communications and engagement teams - keeping projects on track content flowing and events running smoothly.  
 
This is a real hands-on role where youll manage requests create and publish content support events and help improve how we work - balancing daytoday delivery with opportunities to shape better processes. 

What youll do: 
 
Manage day-to-day project and planner activity in tracking milestones and keeping information up to date and accurate 
Triage and action incoming requests through our support forms ensuring timely responses 
 Supporting delivery of our events programme including logistics and on-the-day support as well as overseeing the company-wide events approval process 
Collate content and produce internal/external emails including our bi-weekly staff 
Create and publish engaging accessible content on our internal and external websites 
Provide admin support across the team including shared inbox management purchase order and invoice management and meeting coordination 
Support desk-based research and reporting gathering information and producing clear summaries 
Help improve team processes and ways of working including developing our use of  

What were looking for: 
 
Experience coordinating tasks managing priorities and delivering to deadlines in a professional environment 
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the confidence to clarify requirements and keep people aligned 
Excellent organisation and attention to detail - you follow things through and your work is reliable 
Comfort using Microsoft Office suite  project management tools like  and Content Management System (CMS) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platforms  
A practical delivery-minded approach - happy doing the coordination and admin that underpins great communications engagement and events 
A constructive mindset for improving how things are done 

If you want a role where youre trusted with real responsibility work across a wide mix of communications and engagement activity and can clearly see the impact of what you deliver week to week - this Communications and Engagement Coordinator role really is a great opportunity to build strong transferable experience while supporting work that is changing our national healthcare. 
 

Additional Information :

Salary From: 35000 pa
Closing Date: Monday 11th May @ 23:00 (UK time)

Being an integral part of such a meaningful mission is extremely rewarding in itself but in order to support our people were continually improving our benefits package. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and supporting them to achieve their career goals as well as offering a benefits package including: 

• Generous Leave:  30 days holiday plus bank holidays plus additional leave for long service and also the option to apply for up to 30 days of remote working abroad annually (approval required).
• Family-Friendly: Blended working arrangements flexible working enhanced maternity paternity and shared parental leave benefits.
• Pension & Financial: Defined contribution pension (Genomics England double-matches up to 10% however you can contribute more if you wish) Life Assurance (3x salary) and a Give As You Earn scheme.
• Learning & Development: Individual learning budgets support for training and certifications and reimbursement for one annual professional subscription (approval required).
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee recognition programme and referral scheme.
• Health & Wellbeing: Subsidised gym membership a free Headspace account and access to an Employee Assistance Programme eye tests flu jabs.

Equal opportunities and our commitment to a diverse and inclusive workplace 

Genomics England is actively committed to providing and supporting an inclusive environment that promotes equity diversity and inclusion best practice both within our community and in any other area where we have influence. We are proud of our diverse community where everyone can come to work and feel welcomed and treated with respect regardless of any disability ethnicity gender gender identity religion sexual orientation or social background. 

Genomics Englands policies of non-discrimination and equity and will be applied fairly to all people regardless of age disability gender identity or reassignment marital or civil partnership status being pregnant or recently becoming a parent race religion or beliefs sex or sexual orientation length of service whether full or part-time or employed under a permanent or a fixed-term contract or any other relevant factor.  

Genomics England does not tolerate any form of discrimination harassment victimisation or bullying at work. Such behaviour undermines our mission and core values and diminishes the dignity respect and integrity of all parties. Our People policies outline our commitment to inclusivity. 

We aim to remove barriers in our recruitment processes and to be flexible with our interview processes. Should you require any adjustments that may help you to fully participate in the recruitment process we encourage you to discuss this with us. 

Culture

We have four key behaviours that represent what we would like Genomics England to feel like and the culture we want to encourage in order for us to achieve our mission. These behaviours help us all work well together deliver on our outcomes celebrate our successes and share feedback with each other. You can read about these and other aspects of our culture here Culture Genomics England

Blended working model

Genomics England operates a blended working model as we know our people appreciate the flexibility that hybrid working can bring. We expect most people to come into the office a minimum of 2 times each month. However this will vary according to role and will be agreed with your team leader. There is no expectation that people will return to the office full time unless they want to however some of our roles require full time on site attendance e.g. lab teams reception team. 

Our teams and squads have and will continue to reflect on what works best for them to work together successfully and have the freedom to design working patterns to suit beyond the minimum. Our office locations are: Canary Wharf Cambridge and Leeds.

Onboarding background checks

As part of our recruitment process all successful candidates are subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  We therefore require applicants to disclose any previous offences at point of application as some unspent convictions may mean we are unable to proceed with your application due to the nature of our work in healthcare. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time